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1966ref. 152256N.p.: N.p. 1966. First Draft script for an unproduced film. With manuscript ink annotations on the front wrapper noting the title and "First Draft" as well as annotations to the bottom right corner of the title page noting "first draft" and the name of screenwriter Johnny Crawford. Note that this script bears no relationship at all to the "Predator" action film series that began in the 1980s. Housed in a white envelope with manuscript ink annotations noting the title date and draft and crediting Crawford and story writer Ernest Haycox. Based on the 1948 story "Dead-Man Trail" by Ernest Haycox. A man carrying a large shipment of gold dust tries to shake bandits off his trail on his way from California to The Dalles Oregon. Blue card wrappers. Title page present dated December 1966 with credits for screenwriter Johnny Crawford and story credits to Ernest Haycox. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered 30. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 152190N.p.: N.p. 1966. Archive of material for an unproduced Western film including two draft scripts two xerographically duplicated copies of Ernest Haycox's story with manuscript ink annotations four pages of handwritten notes for the screenplay and an original draft for the script containing a mix of typescript and xerographically duplicated leaves. First Draft script with a brief typed note from screenwriter Johnny Crawford clipped to the title page introducing the script and a single manuscript ink annotation to page 16 noting an editorial revision. Based on the 1948 story "Dead-Man Trail" by Ernest Haycox. A man carrying a large shipment of gold dust tries to shake bandits off his trail on his way from California to The Dalles Oregon. First Draft: Blue titled card wrappers. Title page present dated December 1966 with credits for screenwriter Johnny Crawford and story credits to Ernest Haycox. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered 30. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Draft script: Blue titled card wrappers. Title page present dated December 1966 with credits for screenwriter Johnny Crawford and story credits to Ernest Haycox. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered 30. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. All other ephemera generally Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 144562Los Angeles: Essex Productions 1979. Final Draft script for the 1984 horror film. Copy belonging to makeup artist John Carl Buechler with his name in manuscript ink on the title page and two Polaroid photographs laid in. Six friends are stalked and murdered while on a camping trip. Shot on location in Idyllwild California. Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 28th 1979 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter and director Edwin Scott Brown. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages dated Oct. 7th and white undated revision pages. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine clip binding. Thrower Nightmare USA. Essex Productions unknown
1957ref. 120919Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1957. Vintage one sheet poster for the US release of the 1957 British film. Based on screenwriter Terence Rattigan's 1953 play "The Sleeping Prince" about the visiting prince of a small fictional Balkan nation who falls in love with an American showgirl while in London. A notoriously difficult production which forms the basis for two behind-the-scenes memoirs by Marilyn Monroe's personal assistant Colin Clark "The Prince the Showgirl and Me" 1996 and "My Week with Marilyn" 2000 the later sharing the title of the 2011 film based on the memoirs directed by Simon Curtis and starring Michelle Williams as Monroe. Set and shot in London. 27 x 41 inches. Very Good plus with restoration at the folds. Archivally backed on linen and rolled. Warner Brothers unknown
1957ref. 171355Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1957. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film both featuring Laurence Olivier. Based on Terence Rattigan's 1953 play "The Sleeping Prince" about the visiting prince of a small fictional Balkan nation who falls in love with an American showgirl while in London. A notoriously difficult production forming the basis for two behind-the-scenes memoirs by Marilyn Monroe's personal assistant Colin Clark-"The Prince the Showgirl and Me" 1996 and "My Week with Marilyn" 2000-the latter sharing the title of the 2011 film. Set and shot in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1957ref. 171356N.p.: N.p. 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film showing Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. Based on Terence Rattigan's 1953 play "The Sleeping Prince" about the visiting prince of a small fictional Balkan nation who falls in love with an American showgirl while in London. A notoriously difficult production forming the basis for two behind-the-scenes memoirs by Marilyn Monroe's personal assistant Colin Clark-"The Prince the Showgirl and Me" 1996 and "My Week with Marilyn" 2000-the latter sharing the title of the 2011 film. Set and shot in London. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly faded to the right portion of the image else Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 159695London: National Screen Service 1975. Vintage British quad poster for the 1975 American film. Rare in this format. Based on screenwriter Neil Simon's 1971 Broadway play. In the midst of a recession a heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike a middle-aged couple must try to cope with each other after the husband is fired from his advertising job. Set and shot on location in New York City. 40 x 30 inches folded. Near Fine. National Screen Service unknown
1973ref. 158655Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage reference photograph of Jack Lemmon on the set of the 1975 film. Lemmon is seen here between takes in front of the Manhattan Savings Bank at Vanderbilt Avenue and 45th Street. The photograph is dated as 1973 in the Warner Brothers attribution on the bottom border although IMDB notes the production as taking place between August and October 1974. Based on screenwriter Neil Simon's 1971 Broadway play. In the midst of a recession a heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike a middle-aged couple must try to cope with each other after the husband is fired from his advertising job. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
ref. 146853N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on Leo Tolstoy's 1872 novella about two Russian soldiers who are kidnapped by rival militia. Screenwriter Eugene Lourie was best known as an art director but also had success in screenwriting "Revolt in the Big House" 1958 and "The Giant Behemoth" 1959 and in directing "The Colossus of New York" 1958 and "Gorgo" 1961. Set in the North Caucasus. Green titled card wrappers with credit for screenwriter E. LOURIE. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Eugene Lourie and novelist Leo Tolstoy. 11 leaves with last page of text numbered 9. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near FIne wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 148170Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1966. Collection of 16 vintage oversize French color photographs from the 1966 film. Based on the 1964 novel "A Mule for the Marquesa" by Frank O'Rourke about four men hired to by a wealthy Texan to rescue his wife from a Mexican revolutionary only to discover the job in not exactly what it seems. A sometimes overlooked and underrated entry into the Western canon despite being nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Set in Mexico and Texas shot on location in Mexico Arizona Nevada and California. 9.5 x 11.5 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1940ref. 148777London: Ealing Studios 1940. Vintage reference photograph from a circa 1965 re-release of the 1940 film by Seven Arts Productions see logo at the bottom right margin showing actors Paul Robeson Jack Jones Simon Lack and Charles Williams. An African American miner from West Virginia arrives in a small town in Wales looking for work and soon wins the respect of the tight-knit mining community therein. Purportedly Robeson's favorite film in which he appeared far ahead of its time with regards to its treatment of racial harmony and the working class. Set and shot on location in Wales. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 373. Ealing Studios unknown
1953ref. 149721N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1953 French film showing actress Michele Morgan. With manuscript ink annotations regarding layout on the verso along with the stamp of City Film N.V. In the midst of a deadly typhoid outbreak a French tourist finds herself widowed and stranded in a small Mexican village where she begins to fall in love with a depressed alcoholic expatriate. Set and shot on location in Veracruz and Mexico City Mexico. 8.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with light creases to the bottom edge. N.p. unknown
1963ref. 147071N.p.: N.p. 1963. Treatment script for an unproduced film based on screenwriter P.E. Lapide's 1963 novel. Laid in with the treatment script is a letter addressed to casting agent Paul Kohner as well as a typed synopsis from screenwriter P.E. Lapide discussing the success of the Portuguese Brazilian and German editions of his book. After being freed from a concentration camp the stationmaster of a Prague railway station becomes a pro-Israel militant and gardener. Set in Prague Czechoslovakia and Jerusalem Israel. White lacking titled wrappers and title page housed in a beige folder. Nine leaves with last page of text numbered 7. Typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with one staple. N.p. unknown
1964ref. 136244New York: International Plays 1964. Draft script for an unproduced play. A marriage psychoanalyst and confirmed bachelor suddenly marries a parapsychological expert and yogi and various high jinx ensue. Set in a large American city. Pale blue titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Joudry. Title page present dated Sept. 8 1964 noted as copy No. 18 with credits for screenwriter Joudry. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 3-21. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine perfect-bound. International Plays unknown
1970ref. 162121N.p.: Medford Film Corporation 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1970 film. A psychiatrist attempts to brainwash a patient into murdering his wife. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with a diagonal crease to the lower right. Thrower Nightmare USA. Medford Film Corporation unknown
1973ref. 153884Amsterdam: Stichting C.F.M. Filmverhuur 1973. Vintage oversize double weight photograph from the 1973 French erotic film showing actress Karin Schubert in a complex bondage outfit and tall black boots. Manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso along with the stamp of Dutch distributor Stitchting C.F.M. Filmverhuur. Based on the 1971 novel. A call girl is punished by the owner of the brothel where she works and is subsequently forced to take on a variety of sadomasochistic clients. 9.5 x 12 inches. Near Fine lightly creased to the corners. Bier 1451. Stichting C.F.M. Filmverhuur unknown
1973ref. 149572Paris: Sonocam 1973. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1973 French erotic film one showing actress Karin Schubert the other showing Schubert and actor Amidou. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso. Based on the 1971 novel. A call girl is punished by the owner of the brothel where she works and is subsequently forced to take on a variety of sadomasochistic clients. 9.5 x 7 inches. Fine. Bier 1451. Sonocam unknown
1943ref. 147112Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1943. Second Revised Final draft script for the 1944 film. A few annotations of names or checks in manuscript pencil on the top outer corner of verso. A dramatization of the trials that took place in Japan during World War II eight American aircrew members are taken prisoner by the Japanese Army. The soldiers are forced to endure systematic torture and abuse and finally accused convicted and executed as war criminals. This film brought opposition from the Department of Defense fearing strong reactions from the Japanese. Set in Japan shot on location in Washington DC. Beige titled wrappers noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 229 and production No. 936 dated OCT. 14 1943. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated October 14 1943 noted as 2nd Revised Final. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/20/43 and 12/6/43. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1973ref. 157664N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage borderless color reference photograph from the 1973 film. Based on the 1959 novel by John Buell about a police detective who uncovers the demonic force responsible for the death of a heroin-addicted sex worker. Set and shot on location in Montreal. 9.5 x 7.15 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 160533N.p.: N.p. 1973. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1973 film. Based on the 1959 novel by John Buell about a police detective who uncovers the demonic force responsible for the death of a heroin-addicted sex worker. Set and shot on location in Montreal. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
2005ref. 148372N.p.: N.p. 2005. Draft script for the 2006 film. An intimate look at the British Royal family from May to September of 1997 following the death of Princess Diana on August 31 1977 and the struggle between Queen Elizabeth's Helen Mirren desire to treat it as a private affair and Prime Minister Tony Blair Michael Sheen and Prince Charles' Alex Jennings desire to quell the public's demand for a more overt and public expression of grief. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for Mirren nominated for five others including Best Film Best Director and Best Screenplay. Set in and shot on location in England Scotland and France. Pink titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Peter Morgan. Title page integral with first page with credits for screenwriter Peter Morgan. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper light creasing to top right else Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1963ref. 162774Hollywood: Manson Film Productions 1963. Vintage pressbook for the 1963 film. Not to be confused with the 1987 television Western directed by Robert Day. In northern Italy in 1944 American soldiers and Italian partisans join forces against the Germans. Shot on location in Orange County California. 15 x 12 inches folded once vertically. Four pages saddle stapled. Very Good plus. Manson Film Productions unknown
ref. 142235N.p.: N.p. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Two men are captured and are being held in a plantation camp deep within the Mexican jungle where conditions are unspeakably horrendous. Set in Mexico. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Roger Ernest. 25 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 24. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with comb binding. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 009755No Place: Arrow International Pictures Inc. - Lee Group Production. Offered is the screenplay for the proposed film "The Rage of the Tiger" by screenwriter James Bruner no date circa mid-1980s. A shooting script each scene is numbered the film to my knowledge was never made at least not with this title. The screenplay contains 73 three-hole punched mimeographed loose leaf pages including the title page with title name of screenwriter and "An Arrow International Pictures Inc. - Lee Group Production". The pages measure 8-1/2" by 11" and are printed on one side. The screenplay is bound in red card covers containing the same information as the title page; the covers and internal pages are held together with three brass brads. James Bruner's works among many include Braddock: Missing in Action III 1988 Delta Force 1986 Invasion U.S.A. 1985 and Missing in Action 1984. . Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1985. Arrow International Pictures Inc. - Lee Group Production paperback
1998ref. 161311N.p.: N.p. 1998. Rainbow Revision Draft script for the 1999 film here under the working title "Carrie II" copy belonging to an unknown crew or cast member with six small post-it tabs affixed to the top of six pages in which characters are killed or injured annotated with brief descriptions e.g. "Lisa / Windshield" "Chuck Berry Boy" and "Jesse / Snake" and manuscript ink and marker annotations on four pages. Salmon revision pages dated 06/14/98 bound in following the script. Based on the characters from Stephen King's 1974 novel "Carrie" and sequel to the 1976 film directed by Brian De Palma and starring Sissy Spacek. Carrie White's long-lost half-sister Rachel Lang an outcast high school student who also has telekinetic powers is troubled following the suicide of her best friend and is befriended by Jesse Ryan a popular football player who with his friends is planning on humiliating Rachel at the biggest party of the year. Shot on location in North and South Carolina. Untitled yellow wrappers. Title page present with last revision pages dated 5/21/98 with credits for screenwriter Rafael Moreu. 153 leaves with last page of text numbered 114A. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white blue pink yellow green goldenrod and salmon revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/25/98 and 06/14/98. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Vinegar Syndrome 505. N.p. unknown
